Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant my brother and my mum had to share a double bed and I slept in a single one . |
| 2 | My mum 's got a big |
| 3 | Yeah , my sister 's got a nice tan . |
| 4 | ‘ My sister has undergone a devastating life-changing experience . |
| 5 | My mouth 's had a new life since that day . |
| 6 | My passenger had had a lucky escape that night ; he had used his wits well and survived another fight . |
| 7 | Cos on that photo , my nan 's got a right sort of face has n't she ? |
| 8 | My voice had risen a good half-octave and my hands were waggling around on the end of my arms as though I was trying to shake off bits of Sellotape . |
| 9 | ‘ My dad 's got a new son , now . ’ |
| 10 | The Government for their part have given a firm commitment to implement the recommendations of the review body unless there are clear and compelling reasons to do otherwise . |
| 11 | Night fishermen fished at the outflow to the power station until morning , by which time they were dizzy , vomiting constantly , and their skin had acquired a nut-brown nuclear tan . |
| 12 | Miss Ross said her sister had kept a personal protection gun at home previously but had returned it some time ago to the Maze for safekeeping . |
| 13 | At one time , IBM Corp 's shares regularly got so heavy that the company would split them to make them more marketable , a move that usually tends to increase the value of a company in the market : those days are long gone for IBM , and now it 's upstarts like Intel Corp that are able to flex their financial muscles : its board has approved a two-for-one split , and shareholders will vote on the proposal on May 5 . |
| 14 | Although she now felt a little better physically , her mind had developed a nasty habit of wandering . |
| 15 | By 1093 , when the events I am about to describe took place , she was of marriageable age , about thirteen , and the question of her marriage had become a political issue of some importance . |
| 16 | Political opposition and delays in agreeing upon its plan have forced a Japanese robotics maker , Fanuc , to withdraw its offer to buy for $10m a 40% stake in Moore Special Tool . |
| 17 | And , indeed , as befits someone who 's hovering on the edge of idolatry , even her vocabulary has gone a little pagan ‘ Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods who all things know ’ , and then what I think is a brilliant touch on Milton 's part , the very next line says to us ‘ Though others envy what they can not give ’ . |
| 18 | Her teacher had seen a small notice about a charity in Russia which was looking for hosts for children from the affected regions and had contacted a friend , originally from Russia , who helped investigate the charity . |
| 19 | In its place has emerged a growing number of people in such work as banking , finance , insurance , property and advertising . |
| 20 | In central Italy the once dominant share-cropping system has collapsed and in its place has emerged a complicated mixture of part-time farmers producing largely for home-consumption , family farmers and capitalist enterprises producing for the market . |
| 21 | Her contentment had nurtured a generous soul . |
| 22 | Courtney 's canoeists with ten Folbots ( see diagram p. 25 ) were the first of what became the Special Boat Section , formed after their leader had given a practical demonstration of the canoe 's military potential , a potential doubted by even the adventurous characters in Combined Operations headquarters until Courtney paddled out one summer night in 1940 to a carrier ship moored in the Clyde . |
| 23 | Her body had reached a climactic moment of its cycle , and felt famished and restless . |
| 24 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 25 | And , and that , cos tha , cos she has n't got her husband anymore , her husband 's got a good job like , getting well into , something like and he 's got , got loads of money ! |
| 26 | Her friend had paid a flying visit to Robbie 's home on the eve of her own departure for the Scillies and her new job , to say her goodbyes and hand over the key to her accommodation . |
| 27 | By 1978 , their father had made a new life in Beirut where he met and married Gail , a nurse . |
| 28 | Her replacement had proved a sad disappointment to the French soldiery , besides which the management and composer alike were said to be dissatisfied with the work in its present form . |
| 29 | Witty , and sharp , Sarah was seen by her contemporaries as the queen of the season especially after her father had organized a splendid coming-of-age party in 1973 at Castle Rising , a Norman castle in Norfolk . |
| 30 | Once , before she was born , her father had found a curious bloated and boggle-eyed fish on the shore . |